Explorations in Bible lands during the 19th century (1903)
Hilprecht, H. V. (Hermann Vollrat), 1859-1925, Benzinger, I. (Immanuel), 1865-1935, Hommel, Fritz, 1854-1936, Jensen, P. (Peter), 1861-1936, Steindorff, Georg, 1861-1951 · Philadelphia : A. J. Holman · leaf 728
eviously suspectedbut could not be proved — that the language of the Ca-naanites was essentially identical with Hebrew. Our geo-graphical knowledge is likewise enriched by the mentionof numerous cities, in part heretofore unknown, while theproper names lead to important inferences in regard to… … Letter of Abdi-Kheba of Jerusalem, 1400 1 622 EXPLORATIONS IN BIBLE LANDS have also brought to hght an epistolary tablet which in formand contents belongs to this correspondence. It can there-fore confidently be affirmed that we stand not at the endbut only at the beginning of discoveries on the…
